Iwate Regional Exchange Center “Plaza Ai”

Kitakami River Source/Yumiyama Spring

According to literature, in June of the 5th year of Tenki, when Minamoto no Yoriyoshi, father and son Yoshiie marched during the Abe Yoritoki conquest (the War of the Nine Years), they could not bear the suffering of the soldiers and horses in the continuing scorching heat, prayed to Kannon for salvation, and Yoshiie bowed his bow. It is said that when he took a yuzu and stuck it to a rock, a spring gushed forth, and that spring still gushes out today and is the source of the Kitakami River. *Yuzu is the part where the strings are hung at both ends of the bow.

Numamiyauchi Koma Dance

The Koma-dori in Numamiya was completed in around 1935 by Mr. Heiichiro Shibata and others who made slight changes to the existing one in Toyama, Tamayama Village, Iwate District, under the guidance of Mr. Kamejiro Kudo of Toyama. There are 7 boys aged 14.5 who will play the pieces, 1 Umako (adult), 2 Sasara (boys), and the musicians are 2 or 3 drums, 2 gongs, and 3 or 4 flute players. . The order of the dances is ``Dori'', ``Oohashi'', and ``Ken''. Date: Iwate Town Autumn Festival Parade (Chunichi)

Itsukaichi lion dance

Itsukaichi's Shishi Odori is a curtain-style dance (the curtain is shaken from the inside), and is performed on festival days at Inari Shrine.The dance begins within the grounds of the shrine, and then goes around the town as part of the festival procession. The music consists of two drummers (wearing colored patterned long undergarments, sashes and sashes, black thigh-high socks, white tabi socks and sandals), one flute player (Hanten), and one gong player (Handen). The lions are boys, 3 large lions and 3 small lions. There are two clowns and four Tayuu as caretakers. Date: Iwate Town Autumn Festival Parade (Chunichi)